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^ "ill. prosecutors group calls smollett case 'highly unusual'". nbc chicago. ^ jump up to: a b c madhani, aamer (april 11, 2019). "jussie smollett purposely misled police by saying assailants were white, lawsuit alleges". usa today. archived from the original on december 1, 2021. full case name state of illinois cook county v. jussie smollett56 ^ crepeau, megan (march 14, 2019). "jussie smollett pleads not guilty to faking racist, homophobic attack on himself". chicago tribune. archived from the original on may 20, 2019. retrieved march 14, 2019. as of october 16, 2021, a judge had denied the defense's request to dismiss the case. jury selection for smollett's trial took place on november 29, 2021.103 104 105 106 during the trial, smollett's defense attorney accused the judge of attempting to attack her, by physically lunging at her during a sidebar, another smollett attorney has previously made accusations of the judge making faces and snarling throughout the trial. the judge denied the claim as well as her motion for a mistrial.107 108 during the 2021 trial, the prosecution revealed video footage of smollett and the two "attackers" in a car a few days before the attack. when questioned, smollett testified he had arranged to workout with abel, but cancelled the workout when ola had shown up uninvited.109 prosecutor webb argued, in opening statements, that this was evidence of the group holding a "dress rehearsal" to devise the fake crime.110 ^ "city leaders: smollett owes chicago $130k for investigation". ap news. march 29, 2019.